The 1966 Great Archanian Trek

Dorifto_Dorito · 25 April 2018 18:47

Team Cops and Robbers

Team type: Professional

Team Details:

Driver: Blake Washington

Formerly a county sheriff, Blake retired from the force after 40 years. However, his contributions to the police force haven’t ended. A keen offroader, Blake purchased and modified a 1965 ACA Roadcruiser Police interceptor, similar to the ones he drove before retiring, to go and do fundraising for the police force. This challenge, however is the toughest yet, and so he’s decided to get himself an unlikely ally.

Co-Driver: Alejandro Cervantes

Once a career criminal, Alejandro was arrested and served his time for theft. However, after his run in with the law, he decided to change his ways and began helping those in a similar situation as him all those years ago. With some knowledge of “car repair”, Alejandro will be doing the most of the repairs as well as the navigating.

Car: ACA Roadcruiser 440 Police Interceptor Special "Offroad"

Formerly a police interceptor, the car went on auction after it was heavily damaged in an accident. Purchased and repaired by Blake, the car initially went around trying to raise funds to help the local police force. Eventually, Blake decided to swap out the entire drivetrain from an ACA Model 48 truck, giving the car four wheel drive and a manual locking rear differential. Underneath the bonnet, sat the fearsome 440CI Police Special. With stronger forged internals and a more durable 4 barrel carb, the car made around 280hp which was fed through the stock 3 speed automatic transmission.
With a offroad suspension and tyres the car is very capable of travelling offroad.

Private_Miros · 25 April 2018 19:01

Is that what the cool kids are calling grand theft auto now?

Knightophonix · 25 April 2018 19:13

Yak38 must be so proud with all those people reusing his idea of using the deported headlight as a spare tire :3

Dorifto_Dorito · 25 April 2018 19:16

I find that using Accent’s fuel cap or keyhole to be much better looking a a spare tyre, they just have more depth to them compared with the pod headlights

accent · 25 April 2018 20:04

Team NAAC (North Archanan Automobilist Club)
It is an amateur team.

Car: modified Pengting Torra 273.

Driver: Jehu “Tripod” Kickoman
Co-driver: Sebastianos Kouho

KamikazeF0X · 26 April 2018 11:38

Amateur Team "Pyrénées"
SOCAUT Pyrénées

This car is a Socaut Pyrénées, a French car originally build for carrying stuff in the peaceful pastures of the mountains.

The modified car, preparing for the trail

Our amateur team heavily modified it, especially the serious modification of the engine, being a pair of Renault Cléon-alu engines hacked together, making a Flat Plane 90° V8 with a 3129cc capacity.
It really gives life to this steel and wooden car, pushing it up to 172 kph and capable to tow 900kg or load on it 675kg thanks to the modified suspension
The suspension… it’s a kind of Frankenstein’s monster of spare parts like Citroen’s hydro-pneumatic system, as an example …
The team is composed of two friends from the town of Pouyastruc, in the southern France, Jean-Claude Cassenave and André Lacassagne

(I have to precise that names and places are used in a fictitious manner ^^)

Knightophonix · 26 April 2018 11:55

PRV Origins - the untold story

stm316 · 26 April 2018 12:22

Factory backed Team: Puttzalong Rally Team Fruinia
Main driver: Giuseppe Contadino (founder of Puttzalong) 48 y.o.
Support driver/Nav: Arturo Greco
Car: 1946 Puttzalong Inglese rebuilt in 1959. Used in rally events across Fruinia
NOTE: 1959 REBUILD IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAINTAIN FACTORY “SAFETY” FEATURES

Engine: Puttzalong Fe25D8 (49Kw)
Rebuilt 1959: Now producing 72Kw

Vehicle modifications:

Removed standard interior. Sports seats fitted in front. Unfortunately, they had to remove them. Giuseppe wasn’t impressed.
Installed phonograph for listening to Fruinian singers from the 1930’s. This was not deemed legal, and was removed prior to race start.
Manual lock diff, factory ratio, RWD.
Off-Road radial tyres.
Off-Road skid plate.
Slight increase (+25mm/1in) in ride height
Roof-racky shit and them lights

It’s not particularly fast, powerful, comfortable or reliable… what the hell is it doing here? That’s right, to prove that some of you can’t always finish last. You know who you are.

Above:Giuseppe “parked” it here.
Below: Why we don’t let Arturo drive after grappa

Urbanliner · 26 April 2018 13:11

Team Desert Stars

An amateur team of fools with a 1965 Ninomiya Evron Coupe modified by them. What could possibly go wrong?

Driver: Yuuki Akagi
Co-Driver: Haruto Aiba

Awildgermanappears · 26 April 2018 14:19

The IMP curse of being banned from all competitions strikes again, otherwise I’d have entered the good old Transalp. As for now, one can still enjoy it in the Museum.

@Knugcab That’s a great company name you’ve got there.

HighOctaneLove · 27 April 2018 00:16

Why are you banned @Awildgermanappears? Just enter your car, if you don’t have time for RP you can still see how you’re progressing!

Another muscle car team would be welcomed with open arms, so don’t be shy, join in today!!!

Awildgermanappears · 27 April 2018 00:26

The problem lies in the details. IMP effectively exceeds any limit on quality points by default. This is company doctrine so I wont make my cars “worse” to meet the restrictions of a singular challenge. Any other of my companies would be fair game though.

findRED19 · 27 April 2018 01:00

Rapido Motors Skylight DS

A small team of 2 employees at Rapido Motors were tasked with bringing an off-road variant of the Skylight sedan to use as a test vehicle, and as a marketing thing. Known for their low-cost transportation in poorer countries, Rapido Motors was a budget car company taking on giants, (but they expect nothing but failure anyway.)

The Car:

1965 Skylight DS
(DS for Dirt Special)
Ladder Chassis with solid axle rear end
Independent Front Suspension
Sedan Body 4 doors
RWD (despite what the front license plate says)

While the Skylight usually gets a 70hp inline 4, this one has all the tough truck components to make it good at off-roading. This includes an engine that the government sort of mandated for trucks due to the high demands of the terrain. It’s a 3.5L pushrod V8 in its largest form, but it’s all built for torque, so only 95hp.

The 4-speed transmission and rear axle with Manual Lockers were also necessary due to the truck engine. and larger (in height) springs and shocks were adapted to the Skylight to give it the necessary ride height and load capacity for off-road conditions. Anti-roll bars? What are those? The little things underneath the car? Yeah, they’re small.

The body was only changed by addition of a “luggage rack” hastily tacked onto the trunk lid. And some fog lights were added to the front grill.

The interior was mostly unchanged, only the rear seats were removed.

The team of 2 has their doubts about the factory spec car, but don’t care too much as long as it gets them through the competition.

HighOctaneLove · 27 April 2018 01:51

Fair enough, makes sense, your company’s lore precludes any of their product from being eligible. However, maybe you could enter one of your other company’s products to collect some sweet RP storyline…

Like Monolith perhaps?

Might make for an interesting special edition trim?

Awildgermanappears · 27 April 2018 01:59

Monolith is the brand name for IMPs trucks, vans and SUVs. However there currently aren’t any bodies I like for 1966.

LV, Barricada, Doberman, Rockway and Jager are separated from IMP. The problem is four of those are american, and I don’t want to enter an american style vehicle. Well, maybe a Jager Voodoo…

HighOctaneLove · 27 April 2018 02:17

Do it!!!

Make an awesome off-road Voodoo, have it run by an ameteur or unsanctioned “official” team to avoid lore clashes and come join in the fun!

The more entrants, the merrier everyone will be!!!

JohnWaldock · 27 April 2018 07:20

JHW Sparrow Panamerica

Here to compete are a JHW works-backed squad and their purpose built buggy based on a 1950’s JHW Sparrow FHC.
Driver: Fred Jones, 31
Navigator: Ken Crowley, 35

The team entrant name is Ecurie Crowley. see you on the trails!

Private_Miros · 27 April 2018 09:17

Enter an amateur millionaire that stripped the hell out of an IMP he bought? Although probably the engine would be too big to allow for the budget limit? Mhhh, I understand the problem. Feel free to join with any other company though.

Alib · 27 April 2018 19:52

This is the Bramble Flint.

It is a small, rear wheel drive, fibreglass sports car designed for narrow country roads, or mountain passes. It is certainly not fast, using a small four-cylinder engine to power it. With such a car, Bramble could happily take the fight to the racetrack, and rely on agility of the flint to do the talking for them.

But there were rumours that, with the fuel crisis Britain experienced in the mid ‘50s, Bramble had created a monster in the name of downsizing.

Instead of a ‘large’ inline four, some people spoke of some flints having been tested with an incredibly small V12, codenamed Watchmaker due to the intricacies of the parts involved. This engine powered the front wheels, and by all accounts, apparently made the flint rather nice to drive. The legend of these Flint Watchmakers persisted for a while, until early this year, when William Moore, the Son of Co-Founder Samuel, found the legend in an abandoned warehouse off on the edges of the Bramble factory complex.

Now, William wanted to give this unusual car an even more unusual sending off, so decided to enter the Great Archanian Trek. This astonishing plan was sent all the way to the top and, while Samuel refused to allow it, the other founder, Robert Chamberlain, allowed it to go underway as a factory venture under one condition – he could co-drive it.

The resulting car is now rear wheel drive, and almost double the power of the original design – the small 1.2 litre V12 producing 93hp, with a redline at 9100rpm – despite being tuned for a lower quality of fuel than the ‘standard’ version. Externally, The Flint has nearly quadruple the ride height, and tires big enough to remove any obstacle in it’s path. Extra vents have been cut, more robust mirrors and a radio have been added, and Canvas bags (storing everything from fuel to the tent the two will sleep in) have been installed. Two pigeonholes in the rear of the Flint, a tow bar, spotlights, mudguards, running boards, and a snorkel, complete the conversion to an off-road monster.

The Flint Chert is ready to carry the flag for Bramble, although William and Robert just want to send the car off with a bang. Although they’d prefer if it didn’t actually go bang – Those canvas fuel bags aren’t exactly sturdy……

VicVictory · 29 April 2018 13:33

Yeaaaah… there’s a reason Indy switched to methanol in '65 and started using “RaceSafe” fuel cells instead of bladders… cough Dave MacDonald cough Eddie Sachs cough